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What is General Knowledge?

The public knowledge communicated by a range of non-specialist masses encompassing a wide subject range. General erudition: knowledge of many things.


What does General Knowledge talk about?

Knowledge about anything, anyone, anyplace in the universe. General acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation. General knowledge is also moderately associated with verbal ability, though only weakly or not at all with numerical and spatial ability.


Why is General Knowledge Needed?

There are studies that found General Knowledge can predict exam results. The study examined personality predictors &cognitive ability in student's exam performance which found General knowledge was positively related with overall exam results.


Where we need General Knowledge?

  • Bank Exams
  • Staff Selection Commission (SSC)
  • LIC / GIC Examinations
  • Railway Examinations
  • Defense Examinations
  • UPSC Examinations
  • COMPETITIVE EXAMS FOR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
  • Category of Competitive Exams
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Distance of stars are measured in

A) Galactic unit B) seller mile
C) Cosmic Kilometre D) Light year
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Light year

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Who among the following was an aminent painter

A) Sarada Ukil B) Uday Shankar
C) V.Shanta Ram D) Yusuf Meherally
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sarada Ukil

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Which Commission made the recommendations which formed the basis for the Punjab Reorganisation Act which created the states Punjab and Haryana?

A) Dhar Commission B) Dass Commission
C) Shah Commission D) Mahajan Commission
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Shah Commission

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Guwahati High Court is the Judicature of

A) Arunachal Pradesh B) Nagaland
C) Assam D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

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Q:

Quartz composed of which two elements

A) Iron and magnesium B) Iron and oxygen
C) Oxygen and silicon D) Silicon and iron
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Oxygen and silicon

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Name of the First fully India-made sub-urban train ?

A) Vedha B) Medha
C) Sudha D) Trivedha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Medha

Explanation:

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on 18th March, 2017 flagged off the first fully India-made suburban train 'Medha'. The train will save foreign exchange worth ₹32 crore per rake along with 25% saving in the manufacturing cost. It can run at a maximum speed of 105 km per hour, and has been fitted with LED lights and GPS-based passenger information system.

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Lamarck's theory of inheritance of acquired characters was challenged by 

A) August Weismann B) Hugo de Vries
C) Herbert Spencer D) Carl Linnaeus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Herbert Spencer

Explanation:

August Weismann cut off the tails of mice for 21 successive generations and still they produced generation after generation of only tailed young ones. So he concluded that acquired characters are not inherited.

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Who is the newly elected president of Belarus?

A) Ranjith Nagpal B) Alexander Lukashenka
C) APJ Abdhul kalam D) Herculus ivan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Alexander Lukashenka

Explanation:

 Alexander Lukashenka is the newly elected president of Belarus

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